BELGOROD (dpa-AFX) – According to the authorities, a twelve-year-old girl was killed by artillery fire from the Ukrainian side in the Russian border region of Belgorod. The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced on Sunday that the girl was fatally wounded by a bullet in a village in the region. Independent media reported that several houses and cars were damaged in the shelling. According to Gladkow, there was also shelling in other towns in the area, some of which hit electrical lines.
The authorities in the border regions, including Kursk and Bryansk, have repeatedly complained of shelling from the enemy side since the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Many people have died, there have been injuries and there has been destruction. Russia has repeatedly threatened Ukraine that if shelling continues on its territory, it will target the command centers in the capital, Kiev. Russia began attacking Ukraine on February 24./mau/DP/zb